Yes, we're back! Cyanna, Jefferson, and I had such a blast running last year's AnimeNEXT AMV Contest that we're doing it again in 2013. Being the largest independently-run anime convention in the New Jersey/New York metro area, AnimeNEXT is returning to the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, NJ, for the weekend of June 7-9, 2013.

Please be sure to read the rules in their entirety and include a completed entry form with your submission. We received at least one video last year that we could not show because the creator never sent us an entry form (as well as at least one entry form for which the creator never sent us a video!).Of particular interest, we still have no maximum length and we still have no hard-and-fast preset categories, so those of you with very long or hard-to-categorize videos may wish to give us a look.

Entries sent by post must be postmarked by APRIL 27 and received by MAY 1. Entries sent via FTP must be completely received by the end of APRIL 27.

So as I type this, you have a full three months to get your submissions in. Last year was a great contest and we're aiming to make this one even better, so we look forward to seeing your best!

Last edited by Scintilla on Mon May 06, 2013 8:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.

This is your just underTHREE WEEKS reminder for this contest! Though we do have our first international entry, it's still anyone's game.

We received one entry from ZIP code 10956, sent by post, that consisted of an entry form but no disk containing the actual videos. If you're reading this, I tried contacting you by e-mail over three weeks ago but never heard back. Is there a different address I should use?

ONE WEEK REMAINING until the entry deadline! This is the last reminder I will post, I promise.Also, today is the LAST DAY to get a guaranteed FTP account! If you intend to send us videos via FTP and have not requested an account yet, better let us know soon.

I have just sent out e-mails soon to those people who requested FTP accounts or sent us entry forms but either have not sent in their videos yet or still have outstanding issues with the ones they did send. (Please make sure e-mails from T_wolf1 [at] hotmail [dot] com and scintilla [at] aquilinestudios [dot] org are not getting flagged as junk!)

If you sent us an entry form and your ZIP code appears below, then we have not yet received your videos:10956840600701615239

With the prescreening behind us and the scores tabulated, here are this year's categories and contest finalists! Creators are listed in alphabetical order within each category, not necessarily the final play order of the contest screenings.

FUNArmed and Out of Medication ProductionsBecauseImBored1Jump Cut ProductionsKeiichiLoneSaiyan115Mycathatesyou

COMEDYAnime Chaos ProductionsKat /KinnonakAde Tora MediaRolfyboy8

Congratulations to all! Those videos that did not make finals but were not disqualified will still be shown in at least one of the two overflow/noncompeting screenings (we did receive two video entered as noncompeting). I will provide more information about those once we have figured out the playlists.

Magicflier wrote:It might of been a bad idea to have entered two amvs into the same category.

WAIT A MIN .....we could have entered 2 vids in the same category???........darn it

I know we have an awful lot of rules, but nothing against that.

Also, we don't decide the categories until after deciding the finalists anyway. Though I am glad to report that, once again, we managed to fit every finalist into a category corresponding to one of the elements its creator indicated on the entry form.

The following is the schedule for the AMV screenings at AnimeNEXT 2013; it is my understanding that this may differ slightly from the printed pocket schedule, but be aware that what you see below is the correct version. If you're using Guidebook, it should be correct with all the most recent updates.

Finally, we have here the playlists for the two noncompeting/overflow screenings, video titles only (for editors who wish to keep it a secret which videos are theirs). There are fifteen videos that will be shown in both screenings; this is more than last year because we received fewer videos. If you do not see your video on this list, it either made finals or was disqualified, both of which I would have already informed you about via e-mail.

The playlists are in alphabetical order by video title. Thankfully, this arrangement does not result in any stretches with too much of any one animé. Also thankfully, no two noncompeting/overflow videos have the same name.